Pick out the pair of words which sounds the same. road, course (a) roed, curse (b) road, coarse (c) rode, coarse (d) rowed, coarse
Only (c) & (d)
Homophones are words that sound the same but differ in spelling and meaning. The task is to find pairs that sound like “road” and “course” while being different words.
“Rode” (past tense of ride) and “rowed” (past tense of row) are both pronounced like “road”. “Coarse” (rough in texture) is pronounced like “course”. So both (c) “rode, coarse” and (d) “rowed, coarse” are homophone pairs of “road, course”.
Pair (a) “roed, curse” fails: “roed” is not a standard word and “curse” is pronounced differently from “course”. Pair (b) repeats “road” itself, which is the same word, not a different word that sounds the same.
Since two pairs qualify, a choice naming only one pair is incomplete.
Only (c) & (d) option is correct.
Similar Questions
Fill in the blanks using the suitable homophones from the options given below :
Though Indian Farmers earn a good yield, they cannot save much as they have several ______(1)______s to support. They are ______(2)______ on the rains even now in the age of scientific agriculture. ______(3)______ Agriculturist, Dr. M.S. Swaminathan has given many suggestions to improve fertility of the soil still an outbreak of flood seems ______(4)______ in some areas which affects the yield.
(a) Eminent
(b) Imminent
(c) Dependant
(d) Dependent
Fill in the blanks with suitable Homonyms :
Government has at last agreed to __________ excise duty on cloth.
Important Questions from Homophones
Fill in the blank with the appropriate homonym :
He left the meeting in a fit of __________ .
Fill in the blank with the appropriate homonym :
A __________ gives us his words of wisdom.
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
Our ______ is a man of ______.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
I don't know ______ you would like my suggestion. But the ______ is bad and you shouldn't go out at this time of the night.
Fill in the blank with the appropriate homonym :
He edits a ____________ weekly journal.
